Chapter 577: In a bad mood, buy a few scratch-offs first~

Xu Wenwen first looked left and right.

As a star, everyone will subconsciously check if there are cameras nearby when discussing secret things.

Seeing that there was no one around, and other stars were also far away from them, she opened her mouth softly:

"Since I received the filming invitation for 'Mediocre,' the company has been dissatisfied, thinking that this drama is all setting you off, and we supporting actors cannot perform our own style."

"So at that time, the company kept talking to me, wanting me to give this drama to another third-tier artist in the company, so as to cultivate a second-tier one for the company."

Jin Li was speechless.

If Xu Wenwen's company really cared about Xu Wenwen so much, then they should just let Xu Wenwen refuse. Why let it go to other artists in the company?

Although doing so can ensure the company's interests are maximized, the problem is that it looks very much like paving the way for another artist.

Jin Li asked: "You refused, so the company deliberately retaliated against you and gave you a bunch of commercial performances?"

Xu Wenwen nodded gently: "More or less. They asked me to practice some popular songs specifically and gave me a bunch of commercial performances, asking me to go on stage and sing."

"I don't want to make the relationship with the company too stiff, and I also have money to earn by participating in commercial performances, so I have been running commercial performances frequently these few months."

"But I didn't expect them to be so short-sighted and excessive. When I went to Chitang Village to participate in the script reading, they also gave me commercial schedules in the nearby towns. I had to travel back and forth between the two places every day."

Xu Wenwen sighed softly: "Jin Li, I don't know if it's because I've been running schedules frequently these few months, I feel like I haven't touched acting for a long time."

"Today I started filming the first scene, and I was under a lot of pressure. My acting skills seem to have regressed a lot."

Jin Li patted her shoulder gently: "You have been performing for so many years and are a talented actor. Now it's just a bit unfamiliar. After a while, you will find your state again, don't worry."

A bitter smile crossed Xu Wenwen's mouth.

"I only hate myself for not being firm in my will. Originally, I took on 'Mediocre' because I wanted to refuse the bad movies the company gave me, but I couldn't hide from the temple if I could hide from the monk. I was coaxed by the manager and fell into the vortex of commercial performances."

Xu Wenwen said solemnly: "Jin Li, if you want to be a real actor in the future, don't arrange schedules so densely. Give yourself more free time."

"Actors can only restore the energy consumed by filming if they restore their own lives."

Jin Li had never considered this point.

Because with her body, she couldn't take too many schedules either.

However, if her physical fitness becomes better in the future, perhaps the schedules will increase accordingly.

Xu Wenwen's exhortation was kept in her heart.

Jin Li changed the subject: "It's still a while before noon, and our scenes won't start until 2 PM. Are you tired? If you're not tired, do you want to go for a walk outside the village?"

Xu Wenwen shook her head: "Although I stuttered repeatedly in that scene for a long time, it didn't consume too much of my energy."

She paused and asked curiously: "Why do you want to go for a walk outside the village? Aren't you worried about being recognized?"

A smile flashed in Jin Li's eyes, "My manager came to Chitang Village today and sent me many photos taken outside the village. I just discovered that the outside of the village is changing so fast."

"If you haven't noticed the scenery outside the village, I suggest you go and see it with me."

Originally, Xu Wenwen was not curious, but being told this by Jin Li, she immediately became curious.

What kind of scenery would make even Jin Li feel surprised?

Every time she finished reading the script before, she left Chitang Village by nanny car. Fearing being recognized, she pulled the curtains all the way.

People outside couldn't see her, and she couldn't see outside, so she didn't know how the outside of the village had changed.

But she vaguely thought of a point: it seemed that not long after driving out of the village the day before yesterday, the road outside became particularly congested, and she heard her driver honking the horn wildly.

It took more than ten minutes for the road to slowly become smooth.

The two simply disguised themselves and went to the village to stroll.

It was still noon, far from as lively as at night.

But walking to the outside of the village, both were shocked by the large and small vendors.

The roads on both sides were crowded with vendors, selling ice powder, fried skewers, stinky tofu, hand-grabbed cakes... everything you could eat and drink.

The key is that even in the daytime, the flow of people on this road is still considerable.

Xu Wenwen said softly: "I remember Chitang Village is not a particularly famous tourist attraction, right? There was no one around when I came on the first day."

Jin Li added softly: "This village is not developed as a tourist attraction at all; it's just an ordinary small mountain village."

Xu Wenwen: "Then how now—"

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by the screams of four little girls who came to travel together.

"Chitang Village, I saw the big words 'Chitang Village.' Jin Li and Xu Wenwen are filming inside, right?"

"Wait, let me flip through Little Red Book to see if it is."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, it's here. Hurry up and take a photo to check in. I'll come first to take photos for you!"

Xu Wenwen's unfinished words suddenly stopped. Okay, she understood what was going on.

Star effect!

Every time this moment comes, she feels that becoming a star is a very meaningful thing.

Jin Li pulled her to stroll, and found that there was a place with a lot of people.

Those people were all crowded together, and there would be bursts of cheers from time to time.

Jin Li walked over to see, first seeing a vendor selling amulets, with all kinds of styles of amulets.

She took a casual look; they were all small gadgets that hadn't been consecrated. This kind of amulet couldn't exert any effect and could only seek psychological comfort.

For those who have conditions, it is recommended to go to places like Taoist temples and temples to buy amulets.

Walking further, another burst of cheers came.

"Won, won, won 100,000!"

The boss selling lottery tickets held a loudspeaker and said excitedly: "Family members, have you seen it? Someone won 100,000! Hurry up and follow!"

"100,000 today, 200,000 tomorrow, 300,000 the day after tomorrow... becoming a millionaire is no longer a dream!"

"You are going to get rich, family members!"

"See the stone tablet behind me, did you see the three big characters 'Chitang Village'?"

"This is the place where Jin Li has been filming for the past few months. Everyone knows that Jin Li has good luck, and many fans want to take photos, shake hands, and rub her 'Koi luck'."

"Eh? I heard someone laughing. Why are you laughing? Is it because you think I'm talking nonsense, unreliable, and making things up?"

The boss "ha" and said: "I'm really not lying to you. Not only fans, passersby, but even stars in the entertainment industry want to take photos with Jin Li and shake hands to rub the 'Koi luck' on her."

He took out his phone and opened a photo, sharing it with everyone: "Look, Jin Li is signing for Lian Baozhi, and Lian Baozhi is smiling happily. Even stars in the circle are chasing Jin Li, wanting to rub the 'Koi luck' on her."

Some netizens said: "Why is Lian Baozhi on this?"

"Yeah, looking at that profile, it's Lian Baozhi. Lian Baozhi also participated in Fang Fei's opening ribbon-cutting activity that day, wearing this set of clothes."

Boss: "Look, look! Although we can't take photos with Jin Li, and we can't shake hands with her, we can stand in the same place as her, breathe the same air, and the straight-line distance from her is no more than 500 meters!"

"Buy a scratch-off, and this 'Koi luck' will be rubbed by you!"

Jin Li watched silently, willing to call this boss a marketing genius.

Not on the scene, but can blow like this?

And many fans on the scene, including passersby who were joining in the fun, really ate this set of the boss.

Under Jin Li's gaze, people won prizes one after another.

"Won, I won 10,000!"

"I won too, I won 3,000. God, this is the first time I've won such a large amount. Koi luck is the best!"

"Won, I won 500, wow!"

Xu Wenwen was curious and wanted to squeeze into the crowd to buy scratch-offs.

Others were just rubbing Jin Li's luck, but she also touched Jin Li's little hand!

She must be a "little red hand"!

Jin Li:...

She didn't dare to squeeze in, watching Xu Wenwen buy scratch-offs while enduring the risk of "dropping the horse."

After about a few minutes, Xu Wenwen came back with five scratch-offs. Except for the hairstyle being a bit messy, the sunglasses and mask were worn well.

She complained: "The boss is really good at doing business. He only had two boxes of scratch-offs left. Seeing that there were too many of us, he even had the idea of raising prices on the spot."

"If it weren't for someone saying that he dared to sell to them at a price exceeding the retail price, they would report him to the relevant departments, he wouldn't have said he wouldn't raise prices, but implemented purchase limits."

"Originally, one person could buy 10 scratch-offs, but it became a maximum of 5."

Jin Li said: "He can think of selling scratch-offs in this location and use my luck to hype it up. He knows he is a businessman."

Xu Wenwen used the door key to carefully scratch it.

The first one, didn't win.

The second one, didn't win.

She didn't win until the fourth one.

Xu Wenwen's face had already collapsed, "The boss is lying!"

Jin Li couldn't help but say: "Actually, not many people really win prizes. A large part of those with larger winning amounts are "tows" (shills) found by the boss."

Xu Wenwen: "How do you know?"

Jin Li said without changing her face: "These are marketing routines."

Xu Wenwen: "Okay."

Actually, Jin Li sensed it by feeling. She still had a bit of Zhong Kui's divine power protection left on her body.

She couldn't see ghosts. Even in the few days after she first worshipped, when her divine power was full, she hadn't seen any ghost.

But by relying on divine power, she could still feel some strangeness.

The boss laughed very falsely, and many people who won big prizes also laughed very falsely.

Xu Wenwen had no hope for the last scratch-off and didn't look at it the first time after scratching it, but looked at the amulet stall.

She wanted to buy an amulet to go in, maybe it could change her luck?

Some amulets also have the function of changing luck.

But things were just so coincidental.

She picked it up and looked at it, and suddenly saw a string of numbers in the winning area at the top.

One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand.

Xu Wenwen didn't quite believe it, recited it again, and counted with her fingers.

She grabbed Jin Li's arm excitedly and said in a broken voice: "Jin Li, did I win 200,000!"

Jin Li:...

Little sister, you said my name!

Fortunately, many people around were here for Jin Li, and someone would shout Jin Li's name from time to time, so many people were not surprised.

Xu Wenwen's shout only attracted the eyes of one or two people.

Seeing that they were wrapped so tightly, they lowered their heads again.

Jin Li took the scratch-off and counted it for her again, surprised: "Really won 200,000."

Xu Wenwen jumped three feet high with joy, and the sunglasses on her eyes were almost jumped off.

Jin Li hurriedly grabbed her: "Someone is watching."

Xu Wenwen reacted reflexively, sat up straight, looking gentle and virtuous, with a beautiful posture.

The whole person seemed to have stuttered for a few seconds, and then covered her mouth and stole joy, constantly comparing "2" to Jin Li.

"200,000, this is 200,000?" She suppressed her voice and said, "I finally understand why so many people like to buy it. The fun of winning is too cool."

Jin Li commented pointedly: "Essentially, it is a kind of getting something for nothing. Just play casually, don't be addicted."

Xu Wenwen said: "I think buying this is better than speculating in stocks. The money in the stock account evaporates faster."

Jin Li was speechless.

Comparing with anything else is not good, but comparing with Myanmar A, which made her unable to refute.

Jin Li said: "You can't go to redeem the prize. This winning amount needs to go to the lottery center to redeem the prize. Let your assistant go for you."

Xu Wenwen nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, let's go back now, so as not to have long nights and many dreams."

Jin Li looked at her: "Do you feel much better now?"

Xu Wenwen: "That's a must. I suddenly feel that my worries are very pretentious. Now I am full of confidence. Let the storm come more violently!"

Jin Li smiled.

A positive mentality can really change a person, but it's a pity that this mentality comes from the stimulation of money.

When Jin Li and Xu Wenwen returned to Chitang Village, a village meeting was held in Chitang Village in the afternoon.

Except for the villagers who had to cooperate with the filming, all the villagers still in the village, from children a few years old to grandpas and grandmas a hundred years old, all gathered in the ancestral hall.

The village chief solemnly and seriously discussed with the villagers whether to use the power of the whole village to customize the relevant cultural peripherals of Chitang Village.

It has to be said that the village chief followed Ye Weijie for a period of time and learned a lot of fresh things outside.

The village chief said: "The ice cream printed with Chitang Village that you proposed before is a kind of peripheral. Customizing ice cream requires manufacturers to specifically customize molds to open molds, which costs some money."

"In addition to ice cream, we can also sell Chitang Village postcards, bookmarks, refrigerator magnets, notebooks, stationery, fans, etc., with our Chitang Village logo."

The village chief said while looking at the notebook in his hand.

These messages were all obtained by him asking deepseek, and with the help of AI, he barely understood what they were.

Although he was very puzzled that just by branding a brand, things could be sold more expensively, would anyone really buy it?

For this reason, he specifically went to find Ye Weijie to let him participate in the planning.

As a result, as soon as Ye Weijie heard him mention making peripherals, he immediately said: "Village chief, this thing will definitely work. Your Chitang Village hurry up and register a trademark, so as not to be maliciously preempted by others!"

The village chief had a big head.

What is a trademark, and what is preemptive registration?

He is just an ordinary village chief, not an entrepreneur. ===== CHAPTER 578 =====

He is just an ordinary village chief, not some entrepreneur.